| Monday, September 11 |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Registration at Mesa Laboratory – Continental Breakfast and Coffee |
| 9:00 |
Welcome & Introduction – Gerhard Breulmann, Maura Hagan |
| 9:30 |
Keynote Address - Gerhard Breulmann - Climate Change, Global Change and Adaptation |
| 10:30 |
Break |
| 11:00 |
Kevin Trenberth - Science of Climate Change
Discussion |
| 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 1:30 |
Roger Pielke, JR. - Introduction to the languages of science and policy |
| 3:00 |
Break |
| 3:30 |
Susi Moser - Dances-with-uncertainty: Communicating what matters about the unknown to Decision Makers. |
| 5:15 |
Welcome Reception for all Colloquium participants and guests - Tim Killeen, NCAR Director |
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| Tuesday, September 12 |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Connie Woodhouse - The Science of Climate Variability: Paleoclimate |
| 9:45 |
Jose Marengo - The Science of Climate Variability: Modeling the Future |
| 10:30 |
Break |
| 11:00 |
Leslie Whitby - Climate Change in the Canadian Arctic: A Community Approach to
Mitigation and Adaptation |
| 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 1:00 |
Roundtable discussion by speakers and participants on morning’s talks |
| 2:30 |
Participant Presentations – Group 1 |
| 3:30 |
Break |
| 4:00 |
Participant Presentations – Group 2 |
| 5:00 |
Adjourn |
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| Wednesday, September 13 |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Participant Presentations – Group 3 |
| 10:30 |
Break |
| 11:00 |
Participant Presentations – Group 4 |
| 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch at Mesa Lab Cafeteria |
| 1:30 |
Participant Presentations – Group 5 |
| 3:30 |
Charge to Participant Groups – preparation of 3 page draft |
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| Thursday, September 14 |
| 9:00 a.m. |
David Purkey - Strategies and Tools for Introducing Climate Change Considerations into Water Management Planning in California |
| 9:45 |
Antonio Lara – Private sector allocation of water rights in Chile: How science can help to solve severe conflicts and contradictions |
| 10:30 |
Break |
| 11:00 |
John Wiener – Colorado water allocation, urban vs. agriculture |
| 11:45 |
Kindy Gosal - Columbia River Basin / Community Outreach |
| 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch Mesa Lab Cafeteria |
| 1:30 |
Roundtable discussion with morning’s speakers and participants on lessons learned |
| 3:00 |
Break |
| 3:30 |
Continue roundtable discussion |
| 5:00 |
Adjourn |
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| Friday, September 15 |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Don MacDonald - Challenges, Opportunities and Synergies of Developing Climate Change Policy in a Fossil Energy Jurisdiction: Lessons from Alberta, Canada |
| 10:30 |
Break |
| 11:00 |
NCAR Scientific Visualization Lab Presentation |
| 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch Mesa Lab Cafeteria |
| 1:30 |
Tours of Mesa Lab |
| 3:00 |
Break |
| 3:30 |
Plenary - Reconvene for discussion of major deficiencies in science/policy interface, perceived gaps and suggestions for bridging those gaps |
| 5:00 |
Adjourn until Monday |
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| Monday, September 18 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Departure from Millennium Hotel for Tour of Colorado Watershed Management |
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| Tuesday, September 19 |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Paty Romero Lankao – Are we missing the point? Urbanization, sustainability and carbon emissions in Latin American cities. |
| 9:45 |
David Lean - Linking science to science for policy decisions: the mercury-climate change connection |
| 10:30 |
Break |
| 11:00 |
Linda Mearns – Approaches to Vulnerability and Impacts in the IPCC WG2 AR4 |
| 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch Mesa Lab Cafeteria |
| 1:30 |
Roundtable discussion with speakers and participants on morning talks |
| 3:30 |
David Yates- Incorporating climate change into water resource planning for the El Dorado and Placer County Water Agencies using the Water Evaluation and Planning Decision Support Tool. |
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| Wednesday, September 20 |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Kathy Jacobs - Water Resources |
| 10:30 |
Break |
| 11:00 |
Introduction to WEAP tutorian |
| 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch Mesa Lab Cafeteria |
| 1:30 |
Joan Aron – Barriers to Use of Geospatial Data for Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability: Case Studies in Public Health |
| 2:30 |
WEAP tutorial |
| 5:00 |
Adjourn |
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| Thursday, September 21 |
| Full Day Tutorial |
Jennie Rice - Decision Analysis |
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| Friday, September 22 |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Michael Hanemann - Economics, Water, Climate Change |
| 10:30 |
Break |
| 11:00 |
Mark Cantwell - Toward an Integrated Environmental Prediction Strategy |
| 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 1:30 |
Plenary and presentation of participants drafts |
| 3:00 |
Break |
| 3:30 |
Plenary – Next steps |
| 5:00 |
Adjourn Colloquium |
